Mayo Clinic Minute: Finding Hidden Sugar in Your Diet

January 19, 2016

The updated Dietary Guidelines for Americans say you should limit added sugars to less than 10 percent of total daily calories — about 12 teaspoons for a 2000-calorie diet. Hitting that goal will mean looking for sugar in places where you might not expect to find it. In this Mayo Clinic Minute, Jeff Olsen gets advice from registered dietitian Katherine Zeratsky about hunting for hidden sugars.